Sunday, 17 October 2010

brit para ww2

 The camouflaged patterning consisted of a light green base over which were printed large ragged areas of dark green and chocolate brown, the brown usually being overlaid on the dark green. Parts of the patterning were given the effect of having been applied with a wide brush stroke, as fine lines of brown or green showed up clearly at intervals over the pale green base as well as over either of the two colors.Model Master Field Drab is a good start for the basic battledress jacket and trousers and lightened a bit will be a good base for the Denison. Red-brown and Dark Green for the camo.
 I'll check the manufacturers/numbers when I check the rest of the refrence for your kilted glidermen. My original Denison is faded and has a yellowish hue to it. Trying to find the definitive color for British uniforms is a problem I have ran into in my historical re-enactment hobby.

 I have 4 sets of Battledress and none of the colors are the same. "Khaki" is a term that varies from green to brown and everywhere in between. Supposedly there are 18 different documented shades and manufacturers for British uniforms. In 1/35 scale, you have a little lee-way to use. I have to scan some pictures for a guy of the USS Enterprise and I'll scan a couple of British Denisons too.





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